incent : a big SOTA

[James Smith]

invent - inventive
abort - abortive
react - reactive
adapt - adaptive
act - active
etc.

Then a whole group of words such as
creat(e) - creative

--- Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>   Can anyone name another verb that, like "incent,"
> is formed by dropping the "-ive" from a familiar
> English noun ?
>
>   JL
>
> "Mark A. Mandel" <mamandel at LDC.UPENN.EDU> wrote:
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> Minority opinion coming up!
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> I prefer it to "incentivize" [shudder].
>
> -- Mark A. Mandel
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James D. SMITH                 |If history teaches anything
South SLC, UT                  |it is that we will be sued
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